Mildred Scheel: Erinnerungen an meine Mutter

ISBN 10: 349962933X ISBN 13: 9783499629334

Synopsis

«My mother was the horror of every protocol chief. She didn't see it at all to spend the whole evening next to a highly decorated goat leg, under-general war commander sergeant, when at the same time a much more fun promising artist was invited. She swapped the place cards, and my father rumbled the silver curls. I loved them for this and admired them at the same time."
Doctor, single mother, wife of the German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel, later First Lady and founder of the German Cancer Aid - Mildred Scheel, one of the most influential women of the German postwar period, enjoyed high reputation nationally and internationally. For many women of her generation, she was a role model: smart, independent, opinional, and energetic. To this day, her commitment continues to react; she detabooed the issue of cancer and launched one of the most important health organizations in the country. Her work for the German Cancer Aid was tireless - all the more tragic that she herself died of this treacherous disease in 1985.
Thirty years after Mildred Scheel's death, her daughter Cornelia remembers her mother in this highly personal book; a passionate, warm-hearted and uncompromising woman who did not care for a second about conventions.
A century woman with a century idea.
Fritz Pleitgen

Edition details

• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 349962933X
• ISBN 13: 9783499629334
• Binding: Pocket Book
• Number of pages: 240